From the "You Can't Make This Stuff Up Department" Norwegian division -
A Norwegian church where the taps had been turned off because of freezing temperatures was forced to use a substitute liquid in a baptism ceremony - specifically, lemon-flavoured cola.
Priest Paal Dale, from the town of Stord, about 150 miles west of the capital Oslo, improvised during a recent cold-spell by dabbing the fizzy drink on the baby, daily newspaper Vaart Land said on Tuesday.
'It had gone flat,' Dale was quoted as saying by the newspaper. 'Only the lemon smell made this unusual.'
Dale said the child's family were only informed about the switch after the ceremony, because the priest 'had a need to inform' them about the lingering lemon odour.
'They didn't say much, but I assumed they smelled the aroma as well,' Dale told Vaart Land.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Church_baptises_baby_with_cola&in_article_id=603702&in_page_id=2
1 comment:
Interesting story. I myself was baptized in the hospital with a cup of tea. They didn't think I would make it, and grabbed the nearest liquid they could find.
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